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concessions. the obama administration is not going to do it. so we'll probably ride this out. as you said at the start, there are miscalculations here. >> those are pictures from the demilitarized zone right there. thanks very much. we'll stay on top of the story. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. the news continues now on cnn. >> "outfront" tonight, a sheriff gunned down and are america's lawmen being targetted? plus, north korea bangs the drums of war, moves a missile in range of an american territory. and prisoners found to have drugs and weapons in their cells. we'll talk to the man who was in charge of the worst jail in america. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm jake tapper in for erin burnett. the assault on america's law enforcement officers, the execution style killing of a
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west virginia sheriff on wednesday is just the latest in a series of violent attacks on law officers across the country. in the past two months alone, we've seen two prosecutors gunned down in texas and a prison chief murdered in colorado. what's driving this unusual spike in murder? we have the story "outfront" tonight. >> reporter: the murders are disturbing, four law enforcement officers, all shot in execution style in a two-month period. hundreds of state and federal investigators are trying to figure out whether the shootings in colorado, texas, and west virginia are somehow connected. >> we're not going to allow the lawlessness of a few to cause us a moment's hesitation in our efforts to make a safer and a more secure texas. >> reporter: security is tight as those who usually fight crime take measures to avoid becoming victims of it.
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terror experts track these types of killings. >> we just do not feel especially in democratic countries. we don't fear law enforcement personnel as we used to as previous generation. >> the boldness of the killings is disconcerting. the most recent in west virginia and eugene crumb was killed in his squad car while eating lunch. assistant da mark hasse was killed while walking from his car to a dallas area courthouse. tom clements was killed at home as was the kaufman county district attorney and his wife cynthia. >> you know that there's always the potential for these bad people to do something bad to you because they've already done something bad to somebody else. >> reporter: mick clelland's warning he would fight, particularly chilling. >> we'll still make the walk. and we'll still show up and we'll still send bad guys out of kaufman county every chance we get. we're not stopping. we're not slowing down.
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we're still doing our job. >> you don't challenge individuals who are out there motivated by some sort of revenge that law enforcement officers are, you know, the enemy to be killed. >> reporter: the reason or reasons for each of the killings remains unclear. in texas, members of a white supremacist prison gang are being questioned for a possible link. in the colorado case, a former convict who may have belonged to that gang was fatally wounded by police in texas. while in west virginia, a deranged man is currently hospitalized also following a police shootout. and, jake, jut to put this in context, dozens of law enforcement officers are killed every year. according to fbi statistics in, 2011, 72 officers were killed. almost one in five were victims of an ambush. but this is what is going on right now is any indication then those numbers could go significantly higher, jake. >> thanks, deb.
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what about copycats? how big a concern is that? >> that is a really big issue. one of the things that they're all looking at, all the investigators are looking at is could this be a copycat? could this be a revenge killing? could christopher dorner who went crazy and started killing members of the lapd who ut though wronged them, is this a trigger? was that a motivator in all of this? some say, yes, in fact, it was. they saw the phenomenal way he went out in a blaze or flame of glory. others say well, no, because the first killing was done in january. dornin didn't come along until later. so that's one of the things they're looking at. that's why it's so scary. if they can trace this to a gang nexus, they'll be in a better position to go after members who may have belonged to this arian gang who have been paroled. at least that gives them something to wrap their arms around. >> all right. thank you. i want to bring in a former fbi agent. spent 20 years in the bureau. he is "outfront" tonight.
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are criminals getting bolder or is there something else going on here? >> it sure seems that way. this is unprecedented. as was mentioned in the report about one a week is the occurrence of police officers getting killed as a direct result of adversarial action. a small percentage of that involves ambush killings. that's what these were. and now we've seen attacks not only against law enforcement but all three components of the criminal justice system. we have the courts. we have corrections. and we have law enforcement. unprecedented. and what's so ironic about this, if the theory behind these attacks is that they're trying to intimidate law enforcement, the courts, corrections, into subjugating themselves to not going after these drug cartels or these drug groups, it's going to have the opposite effect. >> well, we all know law enforcement is a dangerous job. but since january, according to the national law enforcement officers memorial fund, 28 officers have been killed in the
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united states. 13 of them by guns. that is up 17% from 2012. so i guess the big question is, if these criminals are this bold to go after law enforcement, is there anything really that would deter them from any sort of crime? >> yeah. well, what those numbers indicate is a rise, absolutely. but again, most of those attacks on law enforcement officers have been the result of a fugitive chase, a pullover of a car. an arrest situation. they're not ambush attacks. if these situations are connected and some of them may be, it's an indication that the criminals in these cases have been more brazen. now are they targeting -- would that mean they're going to target members of the population? it doesn't sound that way. it looks like they're going after prosecutors in order to intimidate them into not going after their cases. as i said earlier, it's going to have the opposite effect. it doesn't make any sense in the long run.
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>> lastly, in texas, the two prosecutors shot there were known to carry guns. still, they did not survive with their lives. how do law enforcement officers whether they are corrections officers or prosecutors or sheriffs, how do they guard against this kind of thing happening? these gentlemen had guns. >> you can't. it's not like in the movies where someone attacks you and you respond and you shoot the attacker. you know, the sad part of this situation is reaction is always behind action. so if someone has a drop on you, if they're targeting you, i don't care how many guns you have, it f. they come up behind you, it's not like the old west where you challenge somebody to a gun fight. you come up and shoot somebody and that's what happened in these cases. there is very little can you do to stay 100% safe against something like that. >> all right, former fbi agent, thank you so much. >> still to come, a prominent gun control advocate seeming to not know much about guns at all. is this the reason president obama seems to be losing ground to the nra?
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a high capacity mix-up. gun control advocate and democratic congresswoman is being ridiculed for saying this about high capacity magazines. >> these are ammunition, they're bullets. so the people who have those now, they're going to shoot
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them. and so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available. >> here's the problem, magazines can be reloaded. the congresswoman said that she simply misspoke and referring to magazines when she should have been referred to as clips which can't be reused because they don't have a feeding mechanism. actually, clips in most guns can be reused as well. the nra jumped on to her saying two words, pretty stupid. so how much do her remarks hurt the cause for gun control? "outfront" tonight, michael medved and charles pelosi. gentlemen, welcome. thanks for joining me. thanks for slumming even though i'm not erin. you say this destroys her
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credibility, michael, on this issue. can she recover? >> oh, sure. if we -- we don't have enough time to talk about some stupid thing that some congressman is saying every single day. the point is not that this destroys her credibility, it just helps the loss of momentum that is already there. i think the loss of momentum has to do with the fact that the people that are pushing and pushing and pushing the new regulations really have no idea what they're talking about in terms of actually making the situation better. i don't think most americans believe that limiting the number of bullets that you can have high capacity magazines or clips or banning certain types of weapons or changing registration procedures are going to end the dangers of gun violence in this country or even significantly reduce them. after all, i i didn't work that way before when we had an assault weapon ban for ten years and murders actually were not
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decreased more with assault weapons than with any other form of weapons. >> it certainly wouldn't end gun violence, but most americans do support a ban on large capacity clips. a poll found 56% of supporters asking to stop selling magazines hold more than ten bullets. you need to have people that know what they're talking about. charles, last night in san francisco president obama had a similar kind of slip. he said it's possible for us to create common sense gun safety measures that respect the tradition of gun ownership in this country and hunters and sportsman and make sure we don't have another 20 children in a classroom gunned down by a fully automatic weapon in that case, sadly. he had it right the first time. the gun used in sandy hook was a semiautomatic weapon, not a fully automatic weapon. most fully automatic weapons are
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banned to the public. don't you think as somebody who has advocated for gun control that the people who go forward and make she's arguments need to know basic information in order to be credible not with the voters in new york city, but with people in colorado and swing voters in virginia and the middle ground individuals who they're trying to convince? wouldn't it help the case? wouldn't you concede that point? >> i think that gaffes definitely hurt. whoever makes a gaffe in whatever political context the opponents are going to jump all over it and rightfully so. i think the bigger point that you kind of eluded to before which is that most americans actually do believe that high capacity clips should be banned. and that has not actually eroded. fox news produced a poll on march 22nd that said there was
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no kind of statistically significant drop in the percentage of people who supported, you know, banning high capacity clips. so i think as we push back from that and say, yes, people make gaffes much whether or not that is a true reflection of how much they understand about a subject, we don't know. but we can say that most people do want to ban high capacity clips. i think that's just a fact. >> michael? >> it's a low priority for most people for a simple reason. it's very difficult to unexplain how banning high capacity magazines is going to somehow lead to some kind of decrease in horrifying incidents that we all would like to end. i think the american people, frankly, are increasingly board and annoyed by this whole issue. we have real problems in this country. we do not have a crisis and upsurge of gun violence.
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we've had decreases in gun violence. two-thirds of all gun deaths are suicides. and you know what? very few of those suicides benefit from high capacity magazines. >> here's where you're wrong. i think you're right on this point. every person in this country wants to see fewer human beings in america being shot by these magazines. and every human being wants to make sure they're safe from people who might shoot them. limiting high capacity magazines can do is to give people a few seconds which can mean the difference between life and death in a shooting like, you know, the school or like a movie theater. where if the person has to either change weapons or change clips, it buys you a few seconds. and in a shooting, that's real. that can be the difference between life and death. i think that what we want to do is to try to limit carnage. if we can try to limit carnage
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as best we can and give people who might be the victims a chance to live another day, then we should try to do that. that's the only point that is important here. >> i need to break in. i'll give you each other's e-mail addresses and can you continue this. my friends, thank you very much. i appreciate it. still to come, the facebook phone. it's been a rumor for years. we tell what you mark zuckerberg announced today and the rutgers basketball scandal continues to grow. why the now fired coach is walking away with a six figure check. good afternoon. chase sapphire. (push button tone) this is stacy from springfield. oh whoa. hello? yes. i didn't realize i'd be talking to an actual person. you don't need to press "0," i'm here. reach a person, not a prompt whenever you call chase sapphire. why should saturday night have all the fun? get two times the points on dining in restaurants, with chase sapphire preferred.
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our third story "outfront," the rutgers basketball scandal is growing. the assistant coach resigned in the head of mike rice being fired. this comes on the same day that disgraced head coach mike rice is receiving a $100,000 bonus as part of his severance package. rice lost his job on wednesday after video surfaced showing him bee rating, shofrg and throwing basketballs at his players during practice along with some anti-gay slurs. cnn's pam brown is "outfront" tonight with the story. >> reporter: he was fired for this. >> you are a. [ beep [ back fairy. punching, grabbing and kicking his players. but mike rice whose annual salary was just in creased to $750,000, also will get a $100,000 bonus for staying with rutgers through the end of this season. had he been fired when university officials found out about this video, he wouldn't
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have gotten the bonus. amid calls for the dismissal of the athletic director, some rutgers faculty members are fired up that they're asking for the president to step down. >> we're a great university. but i think our president does not -- he does not uphold our values as a university. >> reporter: the investigation into rice's behavior began as the university was vying for membership in the big ten. >> i don't see how we can stand in front of our students and say that we do this research. but when it comes to big ten money and when it comes to sports and getting into the big ten, that all those things go out the window and call people the filthiest and most homophobic words and that is okay because this is about sports. sports is not separate from education. >> reporter: now the focus is on who at the university knew what and when. in an interview tuesday, the a.d. said this. >> i was aware of the tape when i handed down the suspension at the end of december. >> did your president see this
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tape? >> yes. >> the statement released yesterday, he said he watched the video for the first time tuesday. our attempts to reach him at the university were unsuccessful. >> no ma'am, not today. >> as the fallout grows, some of rice's former players are saying the video is not what it seems. >> a lot of the times on the film when jacking up a player, he was really joking. >> and my friend pam brown joins me now. pam, good to see you. so here's the first question i have for you. >> good to see you. >> is this something that is going to end up in court you think? >> well, it certainly possible here, jake. you have to remember mike rice was under contract. he was expected to get $750,000 this year. the university tells us they're working out a severance plan for rice. but rice is a public employee as an employee of rutgers university. and because of that, he is afforded more protections than
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he would have in a private company. so if they can't work out a deal, we can certainly see this end up in court, jake? >> and are any of the players, the students, are any of them talking about any sort of legal action? >> that's a good question. it's unlikely the players that we saw in the video would be able to make a case against rice and against the university because as of now, we haven't seen any evidence of physical injury as a result of the alleged abuse that we saw in that video. jake? >> all right. my friend pam brown, thank you so much. still to come, should america hit north korea before they hit us? congressman peter king comes "outfront." plus, shocking video of prison doing drugs and brandishing a gun in their cells. the man who was in charge of that jail speaks out. and new developments in the michael jackson wrongful death trial. sharon osborne tells the court who she thinks is responsible.
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welcome back to the second half of "outfront." i'm jake tapper filling in for erin burnett. we start with stories that we care about where we focus on our own reporting from the front lines. sad news in the world of film. after a lengthy battle with
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cancer, roger ebert died at the age of 70. he began his career at the chicago sun times in 1967. sints then, he has reviewed thousands of films, winning accolades and a pulitzer prize on the way. he is also the author of a number of best-selling books and the screen play for the classic "beyond the valley of the dolls." however, he's probably best remembered for hosting the very popular television program at the movies for more than two decades first with gene siskel and thn roger roper. he is survived by his wife more than 20 years. we wish her our condolences. as world powers prep for a meeting on iran, they suggest the obama administration take a series of steps to deal with the threat. the atlanta council suggests that united states enter bilateral talks with iran and loosen sanctions to strengthen ties with the people of iran. but kenneth catsman of the congressional research service tells "outfront" the report places fault on the obama administration instead of where
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he said it properly belongs. in the personality, paranoia and suspicions of iran's supreme court leader. a new witness tonight in the michael jackson wrongful death lawsuit. tv star sharon odd born. she landed on the witness list after revealing her show on her show the talk that there were people at aeg live who knew jackson was not well and didn't care because it was business. a u.s. law professor says osborne's testimony will bolster the family's claim that aeg is liable for the singer's death. aeg's lawyers argue it was not them but jackson who hired and supervised conrad murray, the physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving jackson lethal doses of a sleeping medication. there are rumors of a facebook phone. it didn't happen. he delivered a new phone interface called facebook home.
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it integrates the facebook system wireless. the choice to facebookize a phone instead of building his own was smart since the interface will reach more people. tit's been 609 days since te u.s. lost the top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? stocks rose today despite a rise in jobless claims. tomorrow, the government's monthly jobs report is out which wall street surely react. to. our fourth story "outfront," brichg of war. new signs that north korea maybe be gearing up for a missile launch season. missile and launch components have been moved to the east coast of north korea over the last few days and the pentagon now says it's working to turn the volume down while shoring p the defenses in the region. this is the time of day we typically see some news out of north korea. it's morning there. you're just waking up. what's the mood there today? >> there hasn't been any specific news out of north
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korea. i can tell that you there isn't any particular massive shift that we're seeing in south korean sentiment. although, we are seeing an incremental change in the tone here. and part of it is as the pentagon is now expressing, concern that the u.s. may be part of the problem. one of the major newspapers here in south korea said that perhaps the show of force by the united states is having the effect of cornering a crazy rat. that rat reference, of course, being the leader. so there is this concern among a minority of south core evens that the u.s. may be part of the problem. certainly this news jake out of the pentagon may at least be appreciated by some here although overwhelmingly most people are appreciating that show of force. >> some officials in the state department and pentagon are talking about the need for the u.s. to dial back the rhetoric a bit s that something that's making a difference? or is even being noticed over there? >> yeah.
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not yet. yesterday the defense secretary yesterday korea time, the defense secretary in a parliamentary defense committee, he said that should there be any sort of concrete evidence that north korea is getting ready to launch a nuclear attack, south korea will not rule out the possibility of a preemptive strike. that's really a more specific reference to the go ahead that the president here gave to the military to go ahead and strike back if they believe that they have been struck here in south korea. so that edge, that line, again, getting thinner and thinner here between the koreas. >> all right. thank you so much. tom foreman is in the virtual studio. tom, this missile that north korea moved to the east coast, what kind of missile are we talking about? and what is the range? >> jake this is the type of missile that we're talking about. it is called the musadon. it can trace the development back to a russian submarine missile.
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there is also an iranian version. there is no fins or guidance system on it. yet, it's infective. this is one of the reasons why. you see it in parades in north korea time and again. you see it this way, on the back of a truck. it is a highly mobile missile system. once it is fueled up, it can be moved around fairly quickly and set up and fired within a matter of minutes from any location. that's one of the things that makes it dangerous. plus, it can pack quite a wa wallop. carrying a 2 1/2 ton payload which can be a warhead of just that size if you have two stages on it which makes it a little bit more unreliable. it can travel out 2500 miles. can it reach california? no. can it reach alaska? maybe a tiny part. kit reach hawaii? it certainly can reach south korea and japan and, of course, it can reach all the way down here to guam if the shot went well. and guam really matters more
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than 5,000 service members there along with the local population and an important, important bomber base for the u.s. military. jake? >> tom foreman, thank you so much. and joining me now is the governor of guam, republican eddie calvo. governor, thank you for joining me. the north korea government consistently threatened your territory. how seriously are these threats taken at this point? >> yeah, good morning from guam. good evening to you folks there, jake. obviously, we have gotten assurances from the defense department and homeland security in regards to the safety measures. but there is concern from our -- this administration as well as people of guam. if you take a look at a map, korea, the korean peninsula is about three hours flying time from guam. it's about half way the distance it is from guam to hawaii. so we are bucking the asian
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landmass. when you have a authoritarian dictator like mr. kim and some of the bell koes statements he's been making and the 5:00 tistac of his government, it causes a lot of concern in this american community in guam. >> so governor, calvo, you have been told, i'm sure, that u.s. missile defense systems, the ones in place right now, will protect guam. are you confident that they will protect you 100% from any threat? >> there is a defensive umbrella that is set up from the korean peninsula to the western pacific. of course, you heard recently about the system that will be deployed to guam. but the concern we have is all you need is that one lucky shot. and that one lucky shot from a north korean missile can do a lot of damage to our island home. a little history of for for guam. the islands if guam are the only american soil in this part the international date line.
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it's friday. we are the only american territory organized community that has been invaded and occupied by foreign forces since 1812. that occurred in 1941. and so there is first person and second hand accounts of what happens when america lets down their vigilence and american land and american people are not protected. so we are deeply concerned. >> lastly, mr. governor, there are reports of people in guam stocking canned goods, keeping windows closed all in preparation for a possible attack. is that what you're hearing as well? are those measures that everyone in guam should be taking or is this just anecdotes? >> that may be just anecdotes. we do know that in guam because we are in typhoon alley, we have the population and we have a fairly experienced homeland
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security and civil defense agencies that deals with emergencies such as typhoons. so with that, there are folks that may be taking precautions that you would take as a result of a typhoon scare. but aside from that, i do not believe and i have not heard of any evidence of some sort of panic from the community in which they would be storing items for impending attack. >> all right. guam governor, thank you so much for speaking with us. >> the question some have asked, should the u.s. strike north korea first? republican congressman peter king made national headlines earlier this week when he told erin that the u.s. should not necessarily wait. >> if we have good reason to believe there is going to be an attack, i believe we have the right to take preemptive action to protect ourselves. i don't think we have to wait until americans are killing the wounded or injured in any way. >> congressman peter king joins
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us here again tonight. congressman king, sins you made the comments, we learned that u.s. intelligence has seen missile and launch components move to the east coast of north korea, movements consistent with that of a specific type of missile that has an estimated 2500 mile range. that means it could probably hit our allies and our troops in south korea and/or japan and possibly even the u.s. territory of guam. so in your view, is now the time for a preemptive strike? >> no. i leave that to the president and his commander in chief. again, i don't see that as being an imminent threat. certainly requires us to be even more alert than we've been up until now. i would not put that in the category of being an imminent threat. again, the administration will have to look at the totality of evidence it has and any kind of intercepts we have, any type of diplomatic tips we receive. and if there is actually an
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overt movement of troops. but, no, based on this i consider this still part of the north korean posturing. having said that, we have to assume the worst. but as far as a preemptive attack, no. i still stand by this, this is international law. if someone is aiming a gun at you, you don't have to wait until they pull the trigger before can you defend yourself. >> earlier today on my show "the lead," i spoke with bill richardson. he's been to north korea several time. he drew a line of sorts against north korea. take a listen. >> despite the ratcheting up and the threats and the activity, they really haven't done much. if they shoot this missile, this is very serious. >> at what point in your view is it the right time for a preemptive strike you? heard secretary -- i'm sorry, former ambassador richardson saying that firing the missile would be very serious. would that be enough, you think? >> again, i have a lot of regard
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for bill richardson as far as his ability. everything has to be looked at. i'm not here to be declaring war on north korea. that's for the president. the president will take all this into account, what type of rocket, where it's going, what we think the purpose is. if they're just firing it out into the ocean, then obviously it's a different story. and so, no, i don't think there is anything right now indicating that we should be going to war. we have to be ready for war. we have to assume the worst. i think the administration by moving the defense systems by positioning them in guam, i think it's a very good step. i think the use of b-52s or b-2s is all good. i think the administration should also, and this has to be carefully calibrated, i think they should certainly consider designating north korea once again as a state supporter of terrorism. i think that can increase our financial hold on them and send a strong signal. i don't want to be the armchair general here.
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but i also want the administration to know if they do take action, i think it will seef strong bipartisan support because i don't think they would take it unless they feel it's absolutely necessary. >> defense department official earlier today told cnn, "we accuse the north koreans of amping things up. now we're worried we did the same thing." are you concerned at all that there have been some in the u.s. who have used rhetoric against north korea that made things worse, that exacerbated an already tense situation? >> no. i think there is something that had to be done. i think what could be worse is -- what would have been worse is if we had not responded the way we did. that would have sent signals to south korea, to japan, to other countries in the area. could have encouraged north korea. i think it's important for north korea to realize they do take any action it will be met with devastating results and it's important for south korea, particularly the new government, under president park to realize that we are standing with them and also if we don't show
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they're willing to take strong action then you can have countries such as japan and taiwan and south korea pursuing their own nuclear weapons delivery system. so, no, i think we did exactly the right thing. as i said, i think we should even consider increasing it by redesignating north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. >> still to come, shocking video of prisoners doing drugs and brandishing a gun. we hear from the man who is responsible for somewhat call america's worst jail. and an exclusive look at one of the most popular and coolest television shows. ive i give you a tour of the mad men set. awwwww... arigato! we are outta here! party......
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coop! >> hey, tap. >> we have more on north korea and the story about them repositioning missiles. we're going to look inside the mind of an unstable dictatorment i'm also joined by kritian amanpour and former bush security adviser. and also a conversation with the
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wife of tom clements, murdered on his doorstep, shot dead by a parolee. tonight we're not going to focus on the killer. we're not even dedicated public husband, a father, about tom clements, what his family wants you to know. it's their first interview since his death. i will speak with lisa and his daughters, rachel and sarah. they are determined to remember how tom clements lived his life, not how he lost it, and to honor his belief in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness. those stories and more at the top of the hour. >> thanks, anderson. there was a great column by frank bruni who ran into that gentleman and had a chance to talk to him about prison reform. looks like a great show. i look forward to it. >> it's amazing. he really tried to focus on limiting solitary confinement, he really believed prisoners could redeem themselves and could start new lives and so his family wanted to talk about that as well tonight. >> that's great. that's special. sounds great. i'll be watching. thank you so much. our fifth story "outfront,"
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the worst jail in the united states. that's what one expert calls the new orleans jail with this video was filmed. inmates out of control, several of them waving around a gun in their cell, doing drugs, drinking booze. the new orleans sheriff in charge of this jail is speaking out and insisting he's in no way responsible. sarah ganum is "outfront." >> reporter: you've seen the shocking video. now hear about it from an inmate who experienced it himself. >> i got cut on my face above my right eye two months in there. nobody helped me. >> reporter: this is the man responsible for the orleans parish prisons. when this astonishing video was shot. he's at the center of a lawsuit over the condition of jails in orleans parish. >> what we saw on that video occurred four years ago in a
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building closed over a year ago. >> reporter: former inmates are the help of the justice department and the poverty law center sued last year over the conditions and lack of supervision like this inmate walking around with a loaded gun, shooting up heroin. >> i witnessed drugs, i witnessed fights, i witnessed sexual assault. >> reporter: he testified in federal court thursday and denies he's lost control. >> the actions taken in that video are unacceptable and despicable. we charged the individuals who escaped. >> reporter: contrary to what this video shows, he says guards regularly do shake-downs for drugs, weapons and beatings aren't tolerated. >> the video quality looks like it's been greatly changed up, i don't know. i don't know what to say about that. >> reporter: but here's a twist. back in december, he signed a consent decree with the justice department that acknowledges all
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of these problems and outlines ways to fix them. here it is. marlin gusman's signature. so why did he sign it if he testified the allegations are not true? he told the court he signed it because he thought it would help restore public confidence in his but the exchange only raises more questions. the new orleans mayor has now joined the legal fight. he wants the sheriff out. >> it's clear that the entire management practices over at the orleans parish prison have just been terrible and have broken down and fallen down. >> reporter: the sheriff blames a lot of the problems on hurricane katrina and lack of funding from the city. >> what has not yet changed is the need for proper funding. >> reporter: that video might be a few years old but the dysfunction clearly continues. in court, city officials said six prisoners have escaped in the last six months. the sheriff is hoping things will get better when a new facility with modern technology
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are you alone? >> it's been a long ten months since we left don draper at the bar.
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but this sunday, millions will return to the offices of sterling, cooper, draper, price for the season six premiere of "madmen" on amc. the series create oor matthew wr invited us to come early. this is the second to last season? >> yes. >> going well. doesn't seem any compelling reason to end it any time soon. >> i feel like first of all, it's exhausting. i need a break. but the reality of it is that the show has a life span. it is mortal. and you really want to end it before you've exceeded the ability to tell a story. >> heavy drinking, heavy petting and heavy drama have kept viewers tuned in to a bygone era of boy's clubs. >> okay, girls. come on in. >> how worried or concerned or aware are you when you're
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writing for your women characters about them not just being joan and megan and peggy, but them being symbolic of women in general? >> that's a really good question. i don't want the characters to ever be symbolic in general. did women have it harder, yes. were there women pioneers, yes. were there exceptions to every rule, yes. how did someone succeed in that world? i think the show resonates because things are not that different. i don't want to give a history lesson. i want people to know that these people could be their mother. >> but the dark heart of "mad men" is mysterious, womanizing ad man don draper. is he alone? is don draper alone? is this what the show is about? >> i think it's a big part of his life, yeah. the ambiguity of that statement after we've seen this man having